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3. over the next few decades / more workers / have / video conferences
4. desktop computers and phones / disappear from offices / by the middle of the century
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5. almost everyone / communicate / with mobile phones and wireless computers / for years
6. by 2050 / many companies / rethink / office space
7. some offices / replace / office walls with electronic walls / by 2050
8. people / not share / information in the same ways they do now
Listen to an office designer talk about the workplace of the future. Put a check W) before the
statements you wrote in exercise A that the designer agrees with.
APPLY.
In your notebook, write three responses to each question with the words and phrases in the
boxes and your own ideas. Use each time phrase once. You can include ideas about your
work, your studies, and your personal goals.
1. What do you think you are going to be doing... ?
at 8 o’clock tomorrow night this time next year ten years from now
This time next year, I'm going to be looking for a job.
2. What do you hope you will have done... ?
by the end of this course five years from now by retirement
By the end of this course, | hope | will have learned many useful
new words.
3. What activity will you have been doing for a long time. . . ?
when you graduate by the time you're 40 when you are 60
When | graduate, | will have been studying Chinese for almost six
years.
Work in a group. Discuss your answers to the questions in exercise A.
A: What do you think you are going to be doing this time next year?
B: I’m going to be looking for a job, I think. UNIT3 LESSON3 85
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